Lincoln engraving by John Sartain

Abraham Lincoln's boyhood in Kentucky -- Abraham Lincoln's thirteen years in Indiana -- Lincoln in Illinois, as a rail-splitter, a clerk, and a volunteer -- Mr. Lincoln as a politician -- Mr. Lincoln in Congress and "on the stump" -- Abraham Lincoln's nomination and election to the presidency of the United States -- The gathering storm in the southern political horizon -- Mr. Lincoln's inaugural tour to Washington -- From the inauguration to the extra session of Congress, July 4, 1861 -- The extra session of Congress, and the first unfoldings of the policy of Emancipation -- The Emancipation Act -- The military operations of the year 1862 -- The political and military events of the year 1863 -- The year 1863, and Mr. Lincoln's renomination for the presidency -- From Mr. Lincoln's re-election to the conclusion of the war -- The assassination and its effects upon the country -- The funeral obsequies -- Reminiscences and anecdotes of President Lincoln -- Estimate of Mr. Lincoln's life, character, and works

Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography

Book, bound in cloth; frontispiece, front cover detached, loose pages

Handwritten inscription in ink on flyleaf: Anthony Morpeth, Harrison, N.J., September 4, 1865

Handwritten inscription in ink on third prelim. p.: Presented to W.G. Morris by his sister in law Annie Morpeth, Aug. 22, 1909

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